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  1. Uncle Sam - the Farmer

    Date released
    1939
    Series name
    The March of Time 5th Year
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    352222
    Story no
    1 / 1

    The March of Time synopsis: The March of Time devotes its latest issue ... to the problems of American farming and the various methods by which the Department of Agriculture in Washington is endeavouring to...

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  2. Insect War, The (1970 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION (BBC) REFERENCE ONLY (BUFVC), Videocassette. U-matic. b&w. 50 min.

    Examines the control of insect pests, the problems of blanket use of insecticides, and the various alternative methods of biological control by insect predators and other means.

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  3. Latest entries on the BUFVC Moving Image Gateway

    Date
    27 Mar 2014, 15:32
    Author
    Andrew Ormsby
    Post Type
    Post

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,500 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or...

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  4. Knockdown and Kill (1974 Film, Video)

    Director
    Alastair MacEwen
    Producer
    Michael Cockburn
    Subject
    Biology; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows what insecticides are, why they are needed, how they are applied and how they enter the insect. Using animated diagrams, shows the process of nerve transmission and the mechanisms of death in the...

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  5. Insect Tissue Culture (1963 Film, Video)

    Producer
    David Corke; Stan Evans; Alice O’Donnell
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows a method of establishing continuous cultures of ovarian tissue from the insect ‘Antheraea eucalypti’ (emperor gum moth). Cells from the first invertebrate cell lines available in continuous tissue...

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  6. Pine Beauty (1985 Video)

    Producer
    Aileen Llewellyn
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    A rare native moth, the Pine Beauty, suddenly reached pest proportions and caused devastating damage of pine forests in the north of Scotland. The outbreak was linked to the introduction of a new species of...

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  7. Biological Control 2 (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Mike Gunton
    Subject
    Biology; Environmental science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Biological control can be one of the most effective of all methods of pest control - self-regulating, safe and very cost-effective - but it has a limited success rate. There is interest in improving the...

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  8. Alder Woodwasp and Its Insect Enemies, The (1960 Film)

    Director
    E R Skinner; G H Thompson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The inter-relationships between the alder wood-wasp and four hymenopterous parasites are shown in detail. Two of the methods of parasitism were new to science when the film was made.

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  9. Potato Cyst Eelworm (1971 Film)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The life cycle of the eelworm, method of control by crop rotation, use of resistant varieties of potato.*

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  10. Deceivers, The (Moths) (1974 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Moths are not only among the most beautiful and varied members of the insect community, they are also the most vulnerable. They have to depend largely on fraud to escape their enemies. Looks at the many...

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